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I never get good deals, but constantly hear from friends about killer deals they got on rifles or shotguns...like today:

My old work partner, only mildly interested in guns, calls up for advice on a good, but less spendy, first centerfire for his 12-year-old boy.

I gave my current stock answer: Ruger American Compact in .223 or the Predator Compact .223 if you can get him to wear ear plugs while hunting.

Then he asks for advice on a scope for a new rifle he just got a deal on, something called a "TEAK-OH" T3 Lite in .308!

I give a scope suggestion, then made mistake of asking what he paid his divorce-strapped buddy.

"I gave him $150 cash, he didn't have the box but says he's never shot it," says Scooby. "There's not a scratch on it. Did I do OK?"

"Yeah, Kev, ya did good!" says I, holding back tears. Bout punched myself in the plums when I got off the line. cry

Just interested in hearing about similar experiences y'all have had.


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Didn't hear from a buddy but I did score a matching number k98 mauser from a pawn shop for $150 once. Ony issue with it was someone had tried to finish the stock with varnish. I sold it to a WWII collector friend of mine for $450...less than it's value but when I told him about the deal he told me that he'd triple my money on it if I ever wanted to get rid of it.

I'm usually the "buddy" who's telling others about the good deals I find. smile



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Sako Finnwolf unfired in leather custom carry case...
I'm going to say under 1k so y'all don't cry.


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My only good deal ever I screwed up during a bad period in American history.

A sportswriter at the paper I used to work at before changing careers was not an outdoorsman. He sold me his late father's pristine Model 12 16-gauge for $180 in '91.

I never took it hunting, just busted a few handthrown clays. Never checked its value either.

Two weeks after Clinton's "It's a Crime, Bill" passed illegally, I went to a gunshow swapped it for a Colt HBAR upper priced at $430.

Many times since have I kicked my own azz for that. sick


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I'm not a big AR guy, but my few transactions with them have all been favorable to me. I bought a Clinton pre-ban Bushmaster M4 style for $1500 cash in the late 90s. Shot a box through it, put it in the safe, then decided that was too much money just sitting there not being used (it would be worth about $750 today). Sold it for $1900, bought a $600 post-ban Bushmaster as a beater. I put a few hundred in it changing out the stock, trigger, rail, etc. then sold it for a profit when Obama got elected the 1st time.





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I helped butchered a cow for a neighbor down the road and he had some cheap 22 cb long that wasnt cleanly stunning the cows. I asked him if he had anything else, he went back to the attic and brought out a 30-06. When i saw it it was a nice pre-64 standard that belonged to his older brother. We finished up buthering and i asked if he was willing to let go of the rifle. He let me gave it for $400. I came home happy and the gun still sits in my safe.

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I don't have any bottom-dollar deals with friends to brag about. I wouldn't rip my friend off by buying something far cheaper than its actual value, even if he offered it to me at that cheap price.

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About 12 years ago, one of my buddies who spends most of his free time at local flea markets called me at work one day and said "What's a .416 Rigby worth?" "Made by who?" I asked. "Rigby" he said. I was fairly busy and said "What are you getting at George?" "There's a guy out here at the flea market with one trying to sell it to get some Christmas money." I said "A real Rigby?" He said yes. I said "I seriously doubt there's a Rigby walking around the fu*ckin' flea market in Po-Dunk South Carolina. What does it look like?" "Well, it's a old bolt action with open sights. It doesn't have holes for a scope and there's some kind of crest on the receiver. The blueing is pretty worn. He wants $600 for it." I thought George was just punking me but after I told him I needed to get back to work I thought about it. George is a hunter but doesn't know squat about big bore guns and I seriously doubt he knew what a Rigby was, at least not enough about them to fabricate a pretty accurate description of a pre-war Rigby Mauser. I called him back a few minutes later and asked if he was serious and he swore he was but while he was on the phone with me the guy sold it to somebody for $400 because that was the best offer he had gotten. I still cringe about that one...
The other one that stands out wasn't a friend but a customer that walked into the first gun shop I work at about 20 years ago. He asked if we had any ammo for a .25/35. I did and laid a box on the counter. I asked him what kind of rifle he had and he said it was a Savage. I said "A Savage 99?" He said he didn't know what model it was but that he had just bought it in a pawn shop in a sleepy little town down near the coast. "I've got it in the truck if you want to see it." When he brought it in, I almost fainted. It was a lovely 1899 Carbine in almost perfect original condition, probably 90%. I asked him what he paid for it and he said "He sold it to me for $300 because he had had it for about a year and ammo is hard to get." I nearly cried because I had driven by the very pawn shop he bought it in about a month earlier and didn't stop....

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the only deals I hear about from friends are the way overpriced rifles they want to sell me smile


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A friend told me, years ago, of a widow who was selling off her deceased husband's sporting goods. Among the items for sale were a Winchester M70, pre''64, .270, in perfect condition. Sale price was $250. I bought it!


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All of my friends are a**holes. They only tell me about deals after they buy them. 'Course, I do the same thing. smile


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Best friend moved to Oregon a few years back calls me from a yard sale "theirs a pre 64 m70 270 win with 2x7 leo.scope there sling & gun case for 275.00 do I want it as he doesn't need it and the stock has been cut short and a recoil pad installed."

Shure why not scopes worth that. Few weeks later brings it to me (he wants the sling for his efforts). Metals perfect stock shorten and refinished so I added a hard wood spacer and a new 1 in. thick recoil and it shoot most loads under an inch. Four years later it's still one of my favorite rifles . Sure glad my buddy's a Remington kind of guy.

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My friend ChipM recently found to rifles he told me abut at local joints.

Kimber Montana in like new condition for $1000 and a Weatherby U/L in .270 Win for $900. If either one is available after Christmas, it will cme home with me...

Unless Chip takes first dibs....

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One of my uncles who passed on this past July, bought a Ruger 77 in 30-06, a Winchester Model 12 in 20 gauge, and a Mossberg pump 410 all for $275 back in the 90s.

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Rem 700P in .308. 26" barrel, H&S precision stock, leupold 3.5x10 scope with tactical turrets.
$600. It's in the safe.


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A few years ago, Cruiser1 posted a link to an Armslist ad for a custom SAKO L579 in 7mm08 with Pacnor barrel, McMillan Edge, rings, and a few hundred loaded rounds and pieces of brass for $550. My cousin lived a few miles from the guy and picked up the rifle for me a few hours later.

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A few years ago went to my LGS and one of they guys working there said weren't you in here about a month ago and asked about a 358, I said ya, was looking for a Savage 99 in that caliber.
He said we just got one in and it's yours if you have $600.
Looked it over, nice, very clean, small Savage crack just behind the tang.
Said I'd take it if they threw in a box of shells.
Took it home, did a little research and found out it was an R and the SN made it to be the first year the 358 was offered.
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Best deal I ever got was a old Marlin 336 in a 35 Remington. It was made in the 1950's and belonged to my brother in law. I had bugged him about it several times and when he was moving I asked him about it again. He told me to put it in my truck. When I asked him what he wanted for it he said $100. It was his first real rifle but he didn't like it. I still have it and told him if I ever do decide to sell it I would let him know first in case he changed his mind about it.

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A buddy of mine bought an absolutely mint Model 64 Winchester at a local yard sale a couple years back, for $100. Someone had put "Grandpa's old gun" out on the table. Probably needed beer money. Needless to say I cruise that neighborhood regularly in "yard sale season".


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Got a few: A buddy bought a ANIB Beretta A391 Optima 20ga. for $600. Wife's co-worker needed Christmas money. Another buddy picked up 2 like new Benelli SBE 2's for $1800! He went to the other pawn shop in town and scored a like new SBE 1, for $550, that I am buying at a slight mark-up. Myself, I've found a Styer M III Professional on consignment for $599, a Brno 21H for $575, a 700ks for $650, a Wby MK V .300 with swarovski for $500, and..... a Pre-'64 .375 H&H for $1000. Still have the KS but sorely miss the rest of those deals.

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